top 3 things i miss the most about stock

[Paul Ceasrine]

Anyone remember, when the cars classed in Stock had to driven to the track.
You had to have license plates on the car, and a legal registration.
Also, the exhaust sytems had to be retained.
Even the steel wheels had to be retained. You couldn't use after-market wheels that were lighter than the stock wheel.
Thats when Stock was Stock.

pc

[John Quinn]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Anyone remember, when the cars classed in Stock had to driven to the track.
You had to have license plates on the car, and a legal registration.
Also, the exhaust sytems had to be retained.
Even the steel wheels had to be retained. You couldn't use after-market wheels that were lighter than the stock wheel.
Thats when Stock was Stock.

pc

I remember those days well, all the guys who could afford a trailer towed to the track, unloaded the race car and drove it into the track. I remember at Amarillo they announced that they would allow the trailers into the pit area because the highway patrol said the trailers were blocking the roadway and would be towed if they were not moved. That was the first year of the current incarnation of stock eliminator.

It wasn't a disadvantage to use the steel wheels as the lighter aftermarket wheels didn't exist. You could disconnect the exhaust from the manifold but no headers.

For most of that first year you had to run street tires also, at the world finals they allowed slicks because they didn't like the idea of the low horsepower cars outrunning the high power cars due to traction issues and they didn't want a Pinto world champion.